Brooks

i have ~130 stickers left over, lemme know if you're serious.

the mylar prism srtickers have a sweeter top end than regular vinyl stickers

i've dug motorhead since "no sleep til hammersmith". as a kid, i used to ride my bike to the mall and flip thru the album racks at the record store. i'd buy albums based on their cover art only (this is pre-internet early 80's). i saw the cover of hammersmith and knew it would be heavy. i discovered iron maiden (killers) the same way. i still have 7-8 motorhead tunes on my ipod (my fave is live version of iron horse).

my alcoholic buddy from high school covered a peavey bass w/ naked women from porn magazines. across the room it had a quilted wood look to it, it wasn't until you were 5ft away that you could see the faces/legs/tits, it looked very cool. best part was the input jack!

while at the hard rock casino in florida for harry65's gig earlier this month, i spotted from across the casino a guitar on display that seemed to glow as if internally lit. i walked over for a closer look, it belonged to J from white zombie, he had covered it in prism stickers, and when the light hit its face it could probably be seen from orbit. i dug it, so a search on ebay found me a batch of prism stickers for cheap,so TA-DAAA: i removed the middle pup, as i never use it (and it didn't work). funny how guitars photograph; this chap/cent mutt looked better in pictures than it did in person when it was bare wood, but the pictures of it w/ these prism stickers don't look nearly as cool as in person. i'm sure someday i'll do a proper refin, but i dig this look, fittingly its very 80's.

not cool.

no regrets for me. the only thing that would be hard to replace is my #1 duotone (i've owned 5 usa's duotones and 1 import, plus a slew of other hamers, but my #1 is THE best, and i'm keeping it forever). well, i DO wish i held onto my '63 fender jazzmaster & original ts808; not because i miss them, but because i sold them before they were worth soooo much $$$

my 1st hamer was a slammer series sunburst, it kicked major ass w/ a pup change.

sounds good broseph. the ax looks sexy, too.

you should part that out; relish is worth more than a damaged pickle.

behringer ub1202 is $79 on musicians friend (i just happened to have that page open!).

ha! i agree, shredders should be tacky. as for a tone report.. it's a floyded shredder. i don't wanna open that can o' worms again. ok, one more time. i'm not a fan of floyd tone. the bob wilson chap that i sold a few months ago (mahogany, 24.75" set neck, upgraded brass block) was my final experiment in trying to get a good floyd tone (actually, the dean dimebag i had last year sounded best, but i felt silly). having come up on hardtail gibsons, floyds sound pingy to me, esp 25.5" bolt ons. but, i also came up on VH/vai/gillis/dime; they are a blast to play. i didn't want to turn this into another "floyds sound like ass", "NO, my (insert high end shredder here) sounds like a les paul" kinda thread, which seems to happen every time i post my opinion of floyd tone. lets talk about motorhead instead.

new pup covers and knobs. eventually i'll do a refin, but for now a motorhead sticker will do; i dig this thing. the action was so low i actually had to raise it, not because it was buzzing but because it felt strange. thanx to cloarkez for the deal.

i should also say that tho i don't use much FX, the FX on the axe-fx are very kickarse. studio & stomp comps, tape & dig delays, envelope & auto sweep (or pedal) wha, super tweakable flanges and chorus, even talkbox sims and trippy special fx, on and on... i read ty tabor of kings x has replaced his entire fx rack w/ an axe-fx, even tho he uses randall modular tube amps and egnator cabs.

i use mine w/ a 2 button footswitch (up & down presets). not very flexible on the fly, but i wanted to avoid a big footboard. i figured out what tones i needed (in this case, for the rush tribute), then i placed them side by side in a logical order (which meant duplicates of some lead sounds, as sometimes a rush tune goes from OD rhythm to lead, sometimes clean chorus to lead, etc). i also spent a few days going thru ALL the amp sounds only to discover that i *really* liked just 2 of them (a VH "brown", and a fenderish "brownface" for clean). i tried a few OD pedal sims (like a treble booster into a vox for a "queen" tone, etc), but still preferred just the 2 amp sounds alone. you can tweak these w/ tube sag, damp, etc but its all VERY subtle (IMFO). i had a similar experience w/ the roland VG8 (just liked a few of the hunderds of sounds), although the axe-fx sounds waaay better than the VG8. in defense of the axe-fx, i have expirenced 1st hand the difference between liking a tone by itself in your room vs the same tone not working in a full band mix, etc. so, the flexibility could come in very handy for someone who records a lot or needs a bunch of different tones (like a cover band, rush/U2 tribute, etc). right now mine is just sitting unplayed upstairs, as all i'm doing currently is acoustic gigs. i think its a great unit, but i'm seriously thinking about cashing it in so i can upgrade my motorcycle.

i have one, it sounds darn good. i haven't gigged w/ it yet, but have recorded. the idea is that its excells as an all in one modeller (amp/cab/mic), so its supposed to sound best like scooters pal is using it (straight into a P.A. or recording desk). i'm using mine w/ a carvin SS rack amp and a 2x12, which is a bigger rig than the combos i'm used to. i plan to tweak it for direct out if i get into a gig where i could use it (like my stalled out rush tribute, which requires a bunch of different sounds). its overkill for my original band, where i only use 2 or 3 tones. i like the idea of having every amp and FX tone i'll ever need in one tubeless box, but at this point i'm on the fence about whether its overkill for my needs. it is cool, tho. edit- something 1/2 way between my old superchamp xd and my axe-fx rig would be perfect; maybe a lightweight 100w SS head w/ less bells and whistles; just 3 or 4 good clean to heavy tube tones, a tuner, and a few FX. guitar player mag just gave the new marshall mg100hfx head an editors pick award, which is basically what i just described.

is that even a trans tube series?

more teenaged pantera (goofy as this is, wait til 2:26, even then the boy could shred); http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URXjjHUvi_w talk about great acting;

uncle lumpy = 80's era vinnie paul

same here. i tried a 335 years ago, too big. same thing w/ the newport. tried hamer anniversary and artist, both were great but kinda bright. my fave guitar is a duotone; great jazzy neck pup tones (esp w/ phatcat), great bridge bucker rawk tones (esp w/ BBQ). plus acoustic output. perfect.

unless i'm missing something, the axe-fx is not super tweakable on the fly; takes ~20 seconds to open a patch up, flip to a parameter, change it, & save it.

+1 Brooks. you gotta let us know how that box is working for you. mike works great for me. i'm using it w/ the rush tribute project, so i set up the following patches; tight rhythm- "brown" amp (EVH) w/ noise gate. flange rhythm- "brown" amp (EVH) w/ flanger. lead- "brown" amp (EVH) w/ delay & volume boost. wha lead- "brown" amp (EVH) w/ wha (auto sweep), delay, & volume boost. clean chorus- brownface (old fender) amp w/ chorus and compressor. these get me thru most of alex lifesons tones. i tried all the other amp sims (vox, mesa, etc) but didn't care for them. i also have a few "fun" patches for shits and giggles (talkbox, harmonizer, etc) that i'll prolly never use in a gig/recording. i have yet to try recording w/ it, but i set it up to go direct to recording or PA, w/ 4x12 greenback cab sims & close mic'd sm57 sims; this is what it was designed for, and it's supposed to excell at it. you can split the signal so one output has cab & mic sims (direct to recording or PA), while the other doesn't (i send this to my SS carvin poweramp & vertical slant 2x12 cab). some folks say it doesn't "feel" like a tube amp. i messed w/ the "sag" and other tube amp variables, dunno how "real" it feels w/o doing a side by side comparison, i really don't care either. i like the sound. i really like having all the amp/cab/mic/FX sounds in one unit, w/ no tubes to replace. i'm prolly done as far as amps go.

saw oz noy in NYC awhile back, check out his monster rig; my pedalboard days are done since i got my axe-fx, now i just use a 2 button footswitch to toggle between presets.

PM stike thru the board and give him your specifics.

he doesn't post much (and has never owned a hamer), but steve (bruiser brody, on left) is one of my best friends, i've known him for 20 years. we had a band one summer when i was at north texas, and we hung out & partied nonstop. steve went to G.I.T. for a year, took lessons from andy timmons, and has some killer chops. HHB has been one of my best pals since 2002. we've done a few recordings together, and i've sat in w/ his bands a bunch. now that i travel w/ my dayjob, we see each other a few times a month. bill is a full time guitar teacher & a very rounded player; blues, rawk, sightreading in theater pit bands, etc i've known stike just as long, he has done a buncha free work on my guitars (his refins are LEGENDARY; PM him if your ax needs a facelift). we've played a few thrown together party gigs. we go out for grub or to see a show now and again. JeffR played tourguide and got hammered w/ me & my wife when we were in new orleans a few years ago, whata blast that was! DavidB lives 2 towns over. a few years ago i bought a special from him (later i briefly met stokesdead when i sold it to him). dave's kickass band SPANK & my band have played a few gigs together, and we get together for drinks or whenever he gets a new hamer (he has the most impressive collection i've been in the same room with). they don't post much, but jon & laura press invited me to NYC and let me stay w/ them when i got laid off a few years ago. they know alot of folks in the NYC jazz/studio scene, we saw some great shows. bought an artist then later sold it back to bobbymac, and we've hung out several times. he & his beautiful wife have come out more than once to some charlotte gigs that he hooked me up with; actually, i just got home a little while ago from one (where i briefly met HGB5000 yesterday). i traded some gear and spent a fun afternoon of pizza & beer w/ mike m. (monocosis) a few years ago. saw kings x last summer, & had food/drinks w/ JackC & steve (rockola) several times in the last year, cool dudes. bought a chap and briefly hung w/ steve haynie earlier this year. i met a buncha guys at phoenix' BBQ a few years ago, i won't list all of 'em for fear i'll leave someone out. i've hung w/ steve (phoenix) more than once, he's cool and super generous w/ his hot sauce and other treats. great thread!!! sorry if i left anyone out. everyone i've met has been super cool.